Danube Delta - Natural Monument Woods

Tall trees, mostly willows and popalrs grow on the Delta land, as well as rare species in the zones that are reserves.

Letea is the monumenet wood 7 km South of the Periprava commune (Ghilia arm). It grew on the bank with the same name, in strips (hasmacs); one finds there Mediterranean creepers - lianas, among specific trees - white oaks (centuries-old, over 25 m tall), gârnita (a species of oak with scaly bark), elms, alders, white and black poplars, willow, fluffy ash tree (a botanical rarity). It is home to white-tailed vultures, snakes, vipers

Caraorman, a monument wood in the Western part of the bank with the same name between the arms of Sulina and Sf. Gheorghe, grows in clusters. The flora and fauna are similar to those above

Erenciuc, at thee southrnmost end of the lake with the same name, is the only natural alder wood in the Delta. It is where the white-tailed vulture nests.

Last update: 1999, September 15
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